Tennis Earns First BIG EAST Win; Edges Pittsburgh, 4-3
3/20/2011 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
PITTSBURGH, Pa. - The Seton Hall tennis team topped Pittsburgh, 4-3, to earn its first conference win of the season on Saturday. The Pirates (4-10, 1-4) will next head to Philadelphia, Pa. for a non-conference tilt against St. Joseph's.
Freshman Pui Wing Sher (Shui Wai, Hong Kong) won her sixth straight match in No. 1 singles, easily defeating Elizabeth Adams 6-0, 6-1.
Junior Elizabeth Verow (Barnt Green, England) won in three sets over Kimmy Borza in the No. 4 position. Sophomore Karina Cordero (Maracay Estado Aragua, Venezuela) and junior Michelle Weerasinghe (Edina, Minn.) each won in straight sets.
Seton Hall 4, Pittsburgh 3
Singles
1. Pui Wing Sher (SHU) def. Elizabeth Adams (PITT) 6-0, 6-1
2. Gabi Catanzariti (PITT) def. Rocio Portela (SHU) 6-1, 6-1
3. Jocelyn Lu (PITT) def. Belfin Sunbul (SHU) 6-2, 2-6, 6-2
4. Elizabeth Verow (SHU) def. Kimmy Borza (PITT) 6-2, 0-6, 6-3
5. Karina Cordero (SHU) def. Karma Parbhu (PITT) 6-2, 6-2
6. Michelle Weerasinghe (SHU) def. Brittney Russell (PITT) 6-0, 6-4
Doubles
1. Adams/Catanzariti (PITT) def. Sher/Portela (SHU) 8-3
2. Lu/Borza (PITT) def. Verow/Sunbul (SHU) 8-4
3. Minh Evans/Taylor Washington (PITT) def. Cordero/Courtney Kilarski (SHU) 8-4
